Manchester–Boston Regional Airport

Manchester–Boston Regional Airport
Air photo taken 11 April 1998
IATA: MHT ICAO: KMHT FAA LID: MHT MHT Show map of New Hampshire MHT Show map of the US Location of airport in New Hampshire/United States
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Manchester
Serves	Manchester, New Hampshire
Location	Manchester and Londonderry, New Hampshire
Hub for	Wiggins Airways
Elevation AMSL	266 ft / 81 m
Website	www.flymanchester.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 9,250 2,819 Asphalt 6/24 7,650 2,332 Asphalt
Statistics (2007, 2010)
Aircraft operations (2007) 93,138 Based aircraft (2007) 100 Passengers (2010) 2,814,125
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Coordinates: 42°55′57″N 071°26′08″W / 42.93250°N 71.43556°W / 42.93250; -71.43556

Manchester–Boston Regional Airport (IATA: MHT, ICAO: KMHT, FAA LID: MHT), commonly referred to as Manchester Airport, is a public airport 3 miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Manchester, New Hampshire, on the border of Hillsborough and Rockingham counties. The airport lies in two communities, Manchester and Londonderry.

Founded in 1927, it moved more than 1 million passengers in a year for the first time in 1997. It handled 3.72 million passengers in 2008, down from its all-time high of 4.33 million in 2005. Manchester–Boston Regional Airport is by far the busiest airport in New Hampshire and the only one with substantial commercial service. It is also New England's fourth-largest airport by passenger volume, behind Boston Logan in Massachusetts, Bradley International in Connecticut, and T. F. Green in Rhode Island.